If that Dodge Magnum of yours doesn’t feel high and dry enough in San Antonio, it is (along with its passengers) always welcome in Denver.
Seriously, though, best of luck to you. Cat 4, with a good possibility of strengthening to Cat 5? Take care, man. My thoughts and prayers are with you, and everybody else around the gulf coast.
…Yes, our best wishes for Ed and his family…
Chris…That is Denver Union Station in the distance {left, center}, of you photo, right…
Hopefully it will move more westerly & whack Mexico. But if it does not best of luck to you & your family. [:(]
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Yes it is. I’ve got another shot of it, pulled in a little bit with the 70-200mm (this was with the 16-35mm). Still have a little post processing to do, but I’ll probably make that my next sig. photo.
Chris
Denver, CO
…I’ll be watching for that one…Love that sign on top of Union…
Ed, Aimee & the girls would be most certainly welcome in Denver…
Wonder if the Katrina Evacuee who dissed Denver on Monday as being “too cold” might now want to trade a few degrees in temperature for our mile-high plus elevation?
High and dry at 6200 Feet.
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Hey MC, those Chinook winds are are no picnic, with gusts over 100 MPH. That’s more than hurricane force. I used to live in Boulder. The first time was pretty spooky, sitting there with the windows rattling. I went outside expecting it to be really cold, wind chill, but it was very warm.
Denver’s not cold at all. I remember riding around with the sun roof open in January. Never tried that around here.[swg]
You know, I have been wondering about Ed all day. It is nice to know they are headed west. [;)]
Rode it out…everything ok, winds only got to 70-80mph…
Lake Charles and Port Arthur got slammed dead center with 100mph plus winds…
Most of the low lying towns are flooded, but not as badly as expected.
Couldn’t have gotten out of town if we wanted to, if you were not on the road by Wednesday night, you were not going anywhere fast.
Massive traffic jams on the major freeways, although in the end, we managed to evacuate several million folks.
Galveston is getting hit pretty hard; do not know the extent of the damage there yet…
Houston managed to dodge the bullet.
When the sun comes up, I will go look and see how bad the roof is.
Thanks for all of you guys concern…about the only real danger now is flooding, if this thing stalls like predicted…
Ed
Glad to hear that you and your family are OK and were able to stay safely in your own home during the storm. Hopefully the damage to the roof is only minor and that you won’t be affected by any flooding.
Keep up posted.
Roland
…Good to see your words early this morning Ed…The storm {and pic’s. from the area}, had us nervous for you and family last night…Now hope your roof survived to hold all the rain out of your home…Sure hope you are high enough to keep the water away…
This is Very good to hear Ed, and I take it by the fact that your reading this thread as I write that Houston still has power. Very, very good thing to hear.
Noah
Most of the city kept power.
It has flicked on and off a few times…but thats about it.
Am heading out to survey the neighborhood, see who needs what…and get some photos…
Ed
Sent some photos…not anywhere as much damage as I expected…now the hard part is the millions of people trying to get back into the city…
HPD and Harris County Sheriff dept report 23 arrest for looting and robbery last night, in the middle of the hurricane!..and expect more today, as the strom ahs passed and no one has returned home yet…
Gonna be a fun day.
Ed
All in all, at this point it looks like bullets were dodged, but no doubt there are still holes in the wall.
Glad to hear that you and the family are well.
Jay
Well Ed, glad to hear you came through this with minimal trouble. I kind of figured you would, when the storm track turned well north. You sure did save yourself a lot of headaches by not leaving. I bet you’ll be the envy of all your friends and neighbors who did.[;)]
The looting doesn’t really surprise me. The big difference between Houston and New Orleans is that Houston was still able to have an effective police force because the city wasn’t under water.
Last night while watching one of the news channels, they showed the police responding to a traffic accident. I suspect that because the streets were so empty, a few crazys decided to go out and run red lights. There’s always going to be some.
Ed,glad to see you’re OK[:D].
The big difference between Houston and New Orleans is that the police in Houston didn’t either join in the looting or run away.
Just a warning for Jim(planestrains…) you have tropical strom Rita headed your way…
Lake Charles got gutted…
Be careful, be safe…
Ed
Hi Ed,
Glad to hear you and the family are all right. That also means my parents RN friend I was telling you about is O.K too.
G;ad to hear you rode out the storm OK. How was your RR, and other lines effected ? What sort of preparations were done to get diesel units to high ground, etc. Thx.